I Take That Back

[Caravan Ray]

I Take That Back
Caravan Ray

Every time that I open my mouth
My credibility takes a sudden turn south
I don't always think about the things that I say
Like the things that I said to you yesterday
Can I take that back?

I didn't mean to say that you look fat in those pants
I didn't mean to criticise your political stance
I didn't mean to say I want to strangle your cat
I didn't meant it, didn't meant it, can I take it all back?
Can I take that back?

Things once said can't be unsaid
Can I take that back?

[EvelBist]

New Image

“I'm so lit up” - said myself to myself
in my finest hour – nearly fell down on my face

I don't know why
that solid maybe-maybe world had its way

And I won't shy away from myself – I'll take it back
And I won't contemplate seein' me dead – I'll take it back

If the whole world took my side
my Lord what a big mistake, and me can't keep awake
sure liked finding a long lost cider, put me away
won't you play with me, tip it back – I'll take it back
my whole world with me by my side – i'll take it back

All by myself, pour myself, you and me
dead set alone, by myself, can't do no wrong

And I heard
all of your maybes salt that wound
I told you when I taught you then
you could imagine my fault when you say
my bottle gonna fill it again

Yes its all been entertained – I'll take it back
and the whole of my days spent alone – I'll take it back
wait till all of my pains have been drained – I'll take it back
Yes it all fades away, where's it gone – I'll take it back

[Crates]

Submission by MMMC

VERSE ONE
I wish I could turn back time
The hands of the clock I'd gladly rewind
And take me back to yesterday
To take back those words I knew not to say
But now it's too late... what's said is said
The tension's too great; it's come to a head
We both said some things that we regret
I know I lost your trust, your love and respect
But our love was strong right from the start
You caught my eye and stole my heart
How could I forget the love that we had
And how did I let this thing go so bad
You know even now I still love you, girl
But that don't change how I shattered your world
So all that's left for us to do
Is pick up the pieces; decide if we're through

CHORUS (v1)
The things I said
The life I led
The way I've lived
And all I did
The hurt I caused
The ways I'm flawed
If I could
You know I would

VERSE TWO
Triple emcee, takin' you back
To eight years in the past
Rockin' the track,
bringing that action after
you thought we had lapsed
It's still Crates, still crazy
Headspace tastefully hazy
Decided not to be lazy,
Gracefully makin this gravy
But baby, lately my priorities
Seem altered, I'm unsure to be
Pursuing hedonistic things, cuz
I don't need what all that brings
Regrets I avoid, and
I'm never annoyed, and so
I can't be destroyed, and so
I filled up that void
In my heart where the darkness
Can become all-consuming
The truth: it's just you who's
responsible for your doing
If you can't reconcile
Yourself to your soul
Take a long hard look,
And revisit your goals.
Old as time,
Old as reason, even older than rhyme:
The principle that what you do
Circles back, and you find
You're accountable for every foolish
Thing you've ever done, and
The you that's inside you's
Someone you can't outrun.
So just come to the fold,
Embrace your faults and expose
The real you, and be true
To anyone who you roll with;
That's crew, that's real,
That's life, just deal
Don't be fake and don't lie,
And if you can't yet, just try.
I've come a long way, long days
To navigate this life's maze
Workin to stay sane,
9-to-5 paper chasin,
But babe, it's relationships
Definin your life-
You can survive, but you livin
On the edge of a knife.
If possessions can wrestle you
Away from what matters;
Friends and family eschewed
Just for cash is disaster.
Don't do that, please,
Don't make that mistake-
It's your life to live, so just
Live for today.

CHORUS (v2)
The things I said
(I take that back)
The life I led
(I take that back)
The way I've lived
(I take that back)
And all I did
(I take that back)
The hurt I caused
(I take that back)
The ways I'm flawed
(I take that back)
If I could
(I'd take that back)
You know I would
(I'd take that back)

[foobar93]

I Take That Back

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Em-Em-F#7-Bm
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You can’t take it back
It’s a one-way street
You can’t take that back
You can’t uncook your meat

You can’t unbake a cake
You can’t uncrack an egg
You can’t take that back
You can’t unbreak a leg

When I first met her, I was dumb as bricks
Hands in my pockets, scrawny legs like sticks
I was dying to know if she knew my fate
She said, “if you have to ask it is already too late”

You can’t take it back…

Undercover, but I’m in too deep
Stay incognito don’t alarm the sheep
Try to act nonchalant
Try to act serene
But every time I see her
My eyes turn green

You can’t take it back…

Some things heal
But they’re never the same
You can’t re-pass that test
You can’t un-lose that game
I had one chance to tell her
Right at the start
You can’t un-say those words
You can’t un-break her heart

You can’t take it back…

You can’t take it back
It’s a one-way street
You can’t take that back
You can’t uncook your meat

You can’t unbake a cake
You can’t uncrack an egg
You can’t un-break her heart
You can’t un-break her heart
You can’t un-break her heart

[glennny]

Berkeley Social Scene

Ken- Drums, Production, Lyrics
Martin- Bass, Vocals
Sam- Guitar, lyric improvements, melody hammering out
Glen- Guitar, Guitar solo

I Take That Back

Verse1:
So much information
So little time to digest
We see the trees in the forest
But we don’t see the rest

PreChorus:
We’re travelling at the speed of light
Across wireless signals at night

Chorus:
If it’s gonna cause you a panic attack
I take that back
If you don’t want to be on the inside track
I take that back

Verse 2:
We’re all just collecting data
but we don’t know what it’s for
we hold our collective knowledge
while looking out for distant shores

PreChorus

Chorus

Bridge:
It doesn’t matter which way you turn
We’ve all got money to burn
There’s only so much that you’ll learn
Past the point of no return

½ Verse3:
Tell me all your hopes and fears
Before we get caught up in the cogs and gears

PreChorus

Chorus

[Merle Fyshwick]

You left me at the checkout because my card had declined
And besides you had your eyes all over the man with the frozen chicken pieces
Now I'm like the green bags that you keep in the back of your car
A good idea at the time, but now I'm falling apart

You'd just dump the shopping trolley anywhere, but I'd take it back
You sold me on your hipster dream, and I said that I believed in you
Now I take that back

I should have seen it coming in the jam and cordial aisle
The sign said the floor was wet, but it had long since dried up and turned sticky, I caught you winking
At the handsome forty-something with the jar of Chicken Tonight
Winking back at you and thinking 'tonight is the night'


I hate the way you ate grapes with no intention to pay
That's in spite of all the software I never paid for - I know that's a double standard
Your disregard for use-by dates is just bad for your health
If you gotta squeeze the milk out of the carton, it's probably too late

Overdue library books you left at mine; I took them back
You sold me on your worthless dream, and I said that I believed in you
Now I take that back

[Niveous]

"I Take That Back" by J.A.N.

Throw up your hands
No, I take that back
This isn't an old school jam
This is a style of attack
Cry panic like Morriseey
Sweet embrace of insanity
J.A.N. are the architects
Married to the cacophony
Secrets in the tapestries
Buried under the bass
Your heart begins to speed
Now it's eating your face
Like a sentimental cannibal
Sweetheart of an animal
You drown in the chaos
While I play the Stanley Parable
Sucking on the marrow bone
Leader of the Orphan clones
Sinister like Jacko
No, you're not alone
I've seen evil, I've seen footage
But I am not noided
A decade of making madness
This could not be avioded
Dropping elbows, savage, randy
Kids, I'm going out free candy
Each comes with a razorblade
One hit kill, Bushido Blade
You're not meant to understand
Help me build this wicker man
Three flew over the cuckoos nest
This is the new Kool-Aid acid test
Reckless, wild, secretly stern
Oh, what a pleasure it is to burn
232 Celsius
Let this be the catalyst
The first kiss before the guillotine
I have the sickest dreams
Disharmonious, so felonious
Dirtier than Shortbus
It's like I'm speaking in tongues
Spitting from my black lungs
I take back everything I said
Too late, the whole scene is dead